Research article: Small-scale spatial variation of δ 13C and δ 15N isotopes in Antarctic carbon sources and consumers

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 813-827

  Gillies, Christopher L ^a,b,c   Stark, Jonathan S ^a   Smith, Stephen D A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic food webs; East Antarctica; Scale; Spatial variation; Stable isotope analysis; Trophic baseline

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PERCIFORM; RED ALGA; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VESTFOLD HILLS; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

IRIDAEA CORDATA; PARAMOREA WALKERI; RHODOPHYTA; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 84860216052     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1126-7     Document Type: Article

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